Jim Hall

Artist:  Jim Hall
Birth Name:  James Stanley Hall
Born:  December 4, 1930.  Buffalo, New York, USA
Origin:  Cleveland, Ohio
Died:  December 10, 2013 (Aged 83).  New York City, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz. Post-Bop, Guitar Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Progressive Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Arranger
Instruments:  Guitar

Jim Hall was an American Jazz Guitarist, Composer and Arranger from Buffalo, New York.  At 13, he heard Charlie Christian play on  a Benny Goodman Record, also Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young Paul Gonsalves and Lucky Thompson.  He copied out solos by Charlie Christian and later Barney Kessel.

Artist:  Jim Hall Trio

Title:  The Complete Jazz Guitar  (2018)

Genre:  Jazz, Cool Jazz. Post-Bop, Guitar Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Progressive Jazz

Label:  Essential Jazz Classics

Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Stompin' At The Savoy  (4:39)

 2.  Things Ain't What They Used To Be  (5:50)

 3.  This Is Always  (2:52)

 4.  Thanks For The Memory  (5:19)

 5.  Tangerine  (4:33)

 6.  Stella By Starlight  (4:00)

 7.  9:20 Special  (5:46)

 8.  Deep In A Dream  (4:36)

 9.  Look For The Silver Lining  (5:09)

10. Seven Come Eleven  (4:37)

11. Too Close For Comfort  (4:37)

Bonus Tracks:

12. Two Lyric Pieces:  Pierrot/Colombine  (10:58)

13. I Remember Clifford  (3:28)

14. Two Degrees East, Two Degrees West  (5:36)

15. I Should Care  (4:52)

16. Skylark  (3:09)

Personnel:

Jim Hall:  Guitar

Car l Perkins:  Piano

Red Mitchell:  Bass

The Complete Jazz Guitar is the debut album by Jim Hall, originally released in 1957 by Pacific Jazz, remastered and reissued on August 10, 2018 by Essential Jazz Classics, with 5 Bonus Tracks, featuring Carl Perkins and Red Mitchell.  Recorded in Los Angeles, on January 10 & 24, 1957.